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Letters Patent No. 101,049, lated March 22, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN SKATES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letter; Patent and making part o? the same Skate; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference-being had' to the accompanying drawings forming part ot' this specification.

Figure 1 represents a side view, partly in sec'ti''m,YY

of iny improved skate.

Figures 2 and 3 are inverted plan views of the saine, showing its pivoted irons in ditiereut positions.

Fi gure 4 is a vertical transverse section of the same. v g

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. l

This invention has for its object to so construct a skate that it may be used by beginners to learn skating, and also by experts like an ordinary skate.

lhe .invention consists in making theback part of the runner of two pivoted pieces, which maybe swung apart on their pivots, to form a V-shaped broad support, and which may also be brought together, to form a simple ordinary runner.

A in the drawings represents a foot-support of a skate.

B isthe front part of the runner. nIt is made about halt' the length of the entire runner, and is, in suitable manner, held in its place.

The rear part of the runner is formed of two plates,

C 0, which are pivoted, close to each other, with their front ends to the foot-supports. v

The rear ends can be held close together, as in fig. 2, so that the plates C form one solid continuation of the front runner, or they may be swung apart more or less, as in fig. 3, to form a broad support for the foot. They can be clamped to the foot-boardr in any suitable position bysnita-ble set-screws, a, or their equivalents. K

l he shoe may bc of' suitable construction. I prefer to have. its side aps E clamped, by metal plates F, to the main sole G, so that they can readily be removed aud replaced. I also prefer to put double springs, H H, shown in fig. 1, into the slide, to form an elastic support for the foot.

The skate, when the irons C are expanded, will form a support sntticiently safe for beginners; otherwise, it can be used by experts like every ordinary skate.

Having thus described my invent-ion,

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A skate-runner consisting of three pieces, B and C, the rear pieces being pivoted at their front ends, while their rear ends are adjustable any suitable distance apart, substantially as hereinshown and described.

J. F. SCHNEIDER.

Witnesses GEO. W. MABEE, ALEX. F. ,RoBEn'rs. 

